Pennellidae



Pennellidae is a family of parasitic copepods. When anchored on a host, they have a portion of the body on the outside of the host, whereas the remaining anterior part of the parasite is hidden inside tissues of the host.

Genera
There are 24 genera:


 * Allotrifur Yamaguti, 1963
 * Cardiodectes C. B. Wilson, 1917
 * Creopelates Shiino, 1958
 * Exopenna Boxshall, 1986
 * Haemobaphes Steenstrup & Lutken, 1861
 * Impexus Kabata, 1972
 * Lernaeenicus C. B. Wilson, 1932
 * Lernaeocera Blainville, 1822
 * Lernaeolophus Heller, 1865
 * Metapeniculus Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kurok, 1985
 * Nagasawanus Uyeno, 2015
 * Ophiolernaea Shiino, 1958
 * Parinia Kazachenko & Avdeev, 1977
 * Peniculisa C. B. Wilson, 1917
 * Peniculus von Nordmann, 1832
 * Pennella Oken, 1816
 * Peroderma Heller, 1865
 * Phrixocephalus C. B. Wilson, 1908
 * Propeniculus Castro Romero, 2014
 * Protosarcotretes Ohtsuka, Lindsay & Izawa, 2018
 * Pseudopeniculus Castro Romero, 2014
 * Sarcotretes Jungersen, 1911
 * Serpentisaccus Blasiola, 1979
 * Trifur C. B. Wilson, 1917